[alancalverd]

Serious Question  has anyone ever tried to develop a small scale biomass generation station. something like Combined heat and power sometimes used in hospitals. Maybe could be scaled to individual environmentally minded peoples pockets. allowing more people to go off grid.

Small scale doesn't usually involve significant thermal generation of electricity. Offgrid friends use wood fuel for 50 kW of  heating and cooking, with just a few kilowatts of solar and wind electricity for lighting and power tools - much less complicated than steam turbines! Chicken poo makes good methane for running a car, with old cooking oil for the tractor.

Once you get above about 20 houses in a group it's worth using the Swedish model of biomass and refuse burning in a central powerhouse to provide CHP.  All a bit socialistic and you need one member on call to keep the kit running, but I've seen it working on a few islands.

[pensador]

Could this little-known biomass generator start an energy revolution?

I thought someone might have something working already. I wonder how commercially viable it is? Solar is a lot simpler, and probably less expensive. A 20kW generator might power a house requiring air conditioning, a freezer, an electrical cooker etc. But the cost of the electricity might be a lot higher than other sources.

[rutukate]

Thanks for the informtion..